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Chetty has spent the past five years teaching at the University of California, Berkeley and was offered tenure at Harvard last year, at the age of 28, the same age as department superstar Lawrence H. Summers. Chetty, however, did not accept the University’s offer until last week...
...only playing a little bit of basketball everyday for the eight weeks I was training, but I was focusing on rebuilding my foundation for the game.”Throughout the course of the summer, Groszyk remained committed to the game and to his recovery. His determination to not accept anything short of his best effort each and every day made the eight weeks of training crucial in accelerating his recuperation.“I’m personally sure that he worked harder this summer than anyone on the entire team,” said roommate and senior guard...
...letter to Giorgopoulos' family, Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis expressed his condolences and assured them that such a tragedy "won't be repeated". Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos had earlier submitted his resignation, but Karamanlis has refused to accept it, as the fragile center-right government tries to avoid collapse under the weight of the riots. (See pictures of Greece ravaged by forest fires...
What about the impression that although Augustine said that Christians "should not kill" Jews he still wanted them to be miserable - to "survive but not thrive" - as an example of what happens to people who do not accept Christ? "Do not kill them" is from Psalm 59, which Augustine uses to argue that Christians should not "kill" the Jews' Jewish traditions because they come from God. He believes that God himself maintained the Jews' existence as a people because their devotion to the Torah broadcast the antiquity and authenticity of the Jewish Bible, which Augustine held contained prophecies of Christ...
...been in the shadow of the Iraq war for a number of years. But I don't envy Mr. Obama his task in Afghanistan. The scale of the conflict has changed, and there's going to be no quick fix, no quick solution. I think we have to accept that we're going to be engaged there long-term. What long-term means, I don't know, but certainly years and possibly a decade...